Founded by Richard Muszynski, Ricard Chocolat is a product of discipline, quality organic ingredients and pure imagination. All of our merchandise is handmade. Using 72% covertures to enrobe the bon bons and truffles. Our chocolate is a single bean origin cocoa from Madagascar. Our unique handcrafted silkscreening process allows us to put anything from a picture of your house to a picture of your face on an edible piece of chocolate. We purchase only the finest produce and dairy products from the Green Market of New York's Union Square Park. All Ricard Chocolat products are made to order, guaranteeing superior taste and quality.

The Food Network gave Ricard Chocolat a five star rating and place him in the top five out of forty companies worldwide in the chocolate category. Ricard Chocolat was awarded Best Confections by the James Beard House for 2002. Recently, The Travel Channel named Ricard Choclat The Best Artisinal Chocolatier in America (Fall 2003).

Ricard Chocolat has been featured in The Rosengarten Report (Nov. 2001). Quest Magazine (Aug. 2002, 2003) Wine Spectacular (Jan. 2002, Oct 2001). and Forbes Magazine (Dec. 2002). Ricard Chocolat has also been featured on NBC's The Today Show (Nov. 2001) and CNN's Up and Rising with Aaron Brown (Dec. 2002).

Ricard Chocolat proudly participates in countless charitable events for causes such as the Center for Fitzgerald Relief Fund, Chefs and Champagne, City Harvest Bid Against Hunger, and Make a Wish Foundation sponsored by Bon Appetit and Viking Range.